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No. 62,404 Y PATENTED FEB. 26, 1867.

. T. M. GILE & W. GOGHRAN. APPARATUS FOR'DRAW WELL TUBES FROM WELLS ING gutter: tatrs idatentgffirr.

T. M. GILE AND QOGHRAN, 0F MANSFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA. V Letters Patent No. 62,404, dated February 26, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, T. M. GILE and W. comma, of Mansfield, in the county of T iogn, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Apparatus for the Drawing of Wcll-'lubes or Pipes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming .part of this specification The present invention relates to a novel and useful apparatus for the drawing of tubes or pipes, such as are used for oil or petroleum or 'artesiau wells from the ground, whereby it can be accomplished with the utmost ease and facility, and 'in' 0. most satisfactory manner.

In the accompanying plate of drawings our improved apparatus is illustrated Figure 1 being aside view of the some, showing it in connection with a well-tube which is in vertical section.

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A, in the drawings, represents the wcll-tubc, over the upper end of which is placed a stand, 13, that, at each corner, is supported by a. post, C, similar in construction to the ordinary jack-scrcws employed for raising or lifting heavy-articles. --'E h1-ouglzthe centre of the stand top D extends a Pod, E, that, passing down through the well-tube A, has an enlarged end, F, to which a dog, :G, is hung or pivoted at oneend, which dog has a sharp edge at its outer end, which, when the said rod is used to withdraw a well-tube, as will be hereinafter explained, engages ivith the inside surface of the well-tube, as is plainly illustrated in the drawings; this dog G being provided with an aperture, a, for receiving a cord by which it cah be disengaged from the well-tube, when so desired, or, in other words, prevented from acting upon the same as the rod is drawn upward. On thestand top D, resting against the rod E -at one end, are dogs I, that, at their other ends, rest against the raised ends J, of plates K, secured to'thc stand top D, so as tobe'susceptible'oi' adjustment thereon, according as may be found necessary to bring them properly to bear against the rod. In the operation of the apparatus above explained,

, the stand B is placed over thewell-tube which it is desired to draw up, when'the rod is let down into the tube A to the required depth, and the dogs I thrown over and against the said rod. The jack-screws are then turned in the proper direction to raise the stand top D, which causes the dogs I to firmly grasp the rod E, which, in its turn, by its dog G, in the tube,- seizes the tube, drawing it from the ground, asis obvious without any further explanation.

We claim as new; and desire to secure by Letters Putent- The stand 13, supported upon jack-screws G, and having dogs I, rod E, in combination with the dog G, on the end F, of the rod, so as to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

' T, GILE,

W. COGHRAN.

Witnesses:

'Luemnn Busch,

SARAH O. BEACH. 

